Georgetown pauses new cottage-housing reviews as council reconsiders tiny-home rules
Georgetown Town Council voted 4-1 on July 13, 2026, to halt review of new cottage-housing development proposals while a working group considers possible changes to the town’s cottage-housing ordinance.
The decision changes the immediate review path for proposed cottage or tiny-home developments in Georgetown. It does not establish that the ordinance has been repealed, or that any proposed project has been rejected or canceled.
Possible effect on Little Living
The action could affect Springboard Delaware’s planned Little Living project, which the organization described as 122 tiny homes on a 14-acre property near Sussex Academy.
Springboard Delaware operates Georgetown’s pallet-village transitional housing community. Its executive director, Judson Malone, described the Little Living plans in reporting about the council’s decision.
The approved reporting does not establish whether the pause legally blocks the Little Living proposal if it has already been submitted, or whether the action applies only to new applications. The project’s final approval status and construction schedule also remain unresolved.
Working group will consider ordinance changes
The council appointed a committee or working group to consider revising or repealing the cottage-housing ordinance. The ordinance permits or addresses cottage and tiny-home development, but the source packet does not provide the group’s full membership, a deadline for its work or the scope of its recommendation authority.
Delaware Public Media reported that the July 13 council meeting included discussion of the ordinance and that it was sent to a working group for possible changes. Spotlight Delaware reported the 4-1 vote and the council’s appointment of a committee to consider revisions or repeal.
Resident objections to the Little Living development were also reported. The available material does not provide a final council finding on those objections or a decision on the project itself.
What happens next
For applicants and residents following cottage-housing proposals, the next known step is the working group’s review of the ordinance. No deadline for that review was established in the approved reporting.
The review may shape Georgetown’s approach to transitional and affordable housing, but the reporting does not establish what changes, if any, the group will recommend or whether the council will ultimately adopt them. Until further action, the status of Little Living and the longer-term rules for new cottage-housing proposals remain unsettled.
Sources
- Controversial cottage court ordinance in Georgetown goes to a working group for possible changes, Delaware Public Media
- Georgetown reconsiders controversial tiny homes ordinance, Spotlight Delaware
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